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Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

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This free course, Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?, starts a debate to support the decision-making process around openness and the different preferences we each have.

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After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • explore assumptions about open practices and conduct research to inform personal initial views on openness;
  • integrate decisions regarding online privacy and identity into choices to be more open or closed when working online;
  • be aware of online networking and how such activity may develop and be visualised.

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